[SheLion]

I know I'll catch heat on this thread, but I don't have any problems with the banning of smoking in restaurants and bars. I welcome it. One local restaurant here in Richmond, the Strawberry Street Cafe, went non-smoking this past year, and their profits rose because people wanted a non-smoking restaurant.

That's wonderful.  These bans should be left up to the business owner and his patrons.  NOT the government.  We do not need more government intervention into our personal lives.

But it looks like the beautiful state of Virginia will be over taken by the anti-smokers that have swooped in and is about to choke the states private business economy.

Pity.

[tfecw]

"But it looks like the beautiful state of Virginia will be over taken by the anti-smokers that have swooped in and is about to choke the states private business economy"

Hey, government knows best don't you know. How can you go wrong when a republican is sponsoring the bill. /disgust

[Sunshine Sister]

It's not a pity at all the way I see it! Then anti smokers are going to be paying a LOT more in taxes to make up what the smokers pay. I'm lovin' it. I can't wait to hear all the complaints from non-smoking tax payers. What excuse to complain do you think they will use?